l Saturday,April 22, April 29, May 6: PMP Certification Prep Course; presented by the Savannah River Chapter of Project Management Institute in partnership with University of South Carolina Aiken; contact Surendra Gupta at (803) 952-6443 or Laura Anderson at (803) 641-3563.

UPCOMING

l April 18: Troy University Open House; representatives will be on hand to answer prospective students' question; 5:30 p.m., Augusta Corporate Center, 2743 Perimeter Parkway, Building 100, Suite 201, free; refreshments will be served; for more information e-mail augusta@troy.edu.

l May 8: Sixth Annual Augusta Chamber of Commerce Golf Classic by First Bank of Georgia; The River Club; sponsors and participants enjoy breakfast, lunch and an awards ceremony with dinner following the day's events; contact Erin Flanagan-Winch at eflanagan-winch@augustagausa.com or (706) 821-1324.

- Free counseling for small-business owners and entrepreneurs, SCORE Associates, a nonprofit volunteer organization, call (706) 793-9998 in Augusta, (803) 641-1111 in Aiken and (803) 279-2323 in North Augusta for an appointment.

- Instructor-led online courses; Augusta State University Education to Go program; call (706) 736-1636 for schedule or go to www.ced.aug.edu and click on "courses."

- Word of Mouth Network, group seeks network of 200 entrepreneurs and businesspeople for a referral network; call Richard Banks (706) 736-5020 for an e-mail providing a concise overview.

- The NoonTime Network-ers, area chapter of Business Network International; 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursdays; Club House on Washington Road.

- The Augusta Network Club, a group of noncompeting business people who have informal meetings; 8 a.m. every other Thursday; no dues; call Charles Scavullo Sr. at (706) 737-9177.

- The Leads at Lunch chapter of Business Networking International meets every Tuesday at 11:30 at T-Bonz Banquet Hall at 2860 Washington Road; noncompeting professionals whose purpose is to exchange business referrals; current opening for a computer repair technician; call Debbie at (706) 364-6612